Sir Tom McKillop visits the Cockcroft Institute

Sir Tom McKillop visited the Cockcroft Institute during his visit to the Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus on May 12, 2008. Sir Tom was given a brief overview of the Cockcroft Institute by the institute Director Prof. Swapan Chattopadhyay, followed by a discussion on the current issues facing the institute and Daresbury Lab scientists in the aftermath of the STFC merger, comprehensive spending review, the STFC proposed Delivery Plan and the subsequent community and government reaction to the plan. The meeting and discussion was joined by Prof. John Dainton, Founding Director and Chief Scientist of the Cockcroft Institute and Prof. Mike Poole, director of the ASTeC centre of STFC within the Cockcroft Institute, shown here next to Sir Tom and Prof. Chattopadhyay in the institute Atrium as well as by Prof. Colin Whitehouse of STFC and Dr. George Baxter of NWDA. Sir Tom was invited to visit the institute at a convenient later date for a longer length of time for substantial discussions. Sir Tom accepted the invitation with enthusiasm.

Left to right above are: Prof. Dainton, Prof. Mike Poole, Sir Tom McKillop and Prof. Chattopadhyay (click photograph to view larger version)
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